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Originally Posted by sureLoss
Would be interesting to see how the Flames would have fared if they had strictly followed central scouting rankings over the last 20 years... perhaps I will look it up when I have more time.
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I looked at it since the lockout ... strictly 1st round picks:
2005: Flames chose Matt Pelech at #26
Pelech was listed as #41 among NA skaters. If they had followed CSS, they would have taken Ryan Stoa (#13 among NA skaters, drafted at #34 by COL). Among European skaters, it would have been Jakub Vojta (#3 among European skaters, drafted at #94 by CAR).
2006: Flames chose Leland Irving at #26
Irving was listed as #2 among NA goalies, the highest available. As for Euro goalies, it would have been Jonas Enroth (#1 among Euro goalies, drafted at #46 by BUF) If they had followed CSS and chose a skater, they would have taken Cory Emmerton (#10 among NA skaters, drafted at #41 by DET). Among European skaters, it would have been Yuri Alexandrov (#4 among European skaters, drafted at #37 by BOS).
2007: Flames chose Mikael Backlund at #24
Backlund was the highest ranked European available. Among NA skaters, next up would have been David Perron (#10 in final rankings, drafted at #26 by St Louis).
2008: Flames chose Greg Nemisz at #25
Nemisz was listed as #22 among NA skaters. If they had followed CSS, they would have taken defenseman Colby Robak. He was #13 among NA skaters in the final rankings, but fell to #46 (FLA) in the draft. Among European skaters, the highest ranked one was Kirill Petrov (#2), who fell all the way to #73 (NYI) in the draft.
2009: Flames chose Tim Erixon at #23
Erixon was listed as #5 among European skaters and was the highest available one when the Flames made the pick. If they chose an NA skater, they would have taken defenseman Simon Despres - listed #8 among NA skaters, was drafted at #30 (PIT).
2010: no first round pick
2011: Flames chose Sven Baertschi at #13
Sven was listed as #7 among NA skaters. There would have been one higher ranked one available though: defenseman Nathan Beaulieu was listed at #5. He was drafted at #17 (MTL). Among European skaters, the highest one available would have been Joel Armia (#4 among European skaters, drafted at #16 by BUF).
2012: Flames chose Mark Jankowski at #21
Jankowski was listed as #43 among NA skaters. The highest one available was Olli Maatta (#8 among NA skaters, drafted at #22 by PIT). Among European skaters, it would have been Sebastian Collberg (#3 among European skaters, drafted at #33 by MTL).
2013: Flames chose Sean Monahan at #6, Emile Poirier at #22 and Morgan Klimchuk at #28
Monahan was listed as #5 among NA skaters. If they had followed CSS, they would have taken Darnell Nurse (#4 among NA skaters, drafted at #7 by EDM). Among European skaters, it would have been Valeri Nichushkin (#2 among European skaters, drafted at #10 by DAL). Poirier was listed as #39 among NA skaters. If they had followed CSS, they would have taken Hunter Shinkaruk (#6 among NA skaters, drafted at #24 by VAN). Among European skaters, it would have been Andre Burakovsky (#6 among European skaters, drafted at #23 by WSH). Klimchuk was listed as #25 among NA skaters. If they had followed CSS, they would have taken Valentin Zykov (#7 among NA skaters, drafted at #37 by LAK). Among European skaters, it would have been Jacob de la Rose (#7 among European skaters, drafted at #34 by MTL).